Persevere with the audio ......I'd be interested to hear what you think.

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---The trouble is that you think you have time------Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe------It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---

"When we transcend one level of truth, the new level becomes what is true for us. The previous one is now false. What one experiences may not be what is experienced by the world in general, but that may well be truer. (Ven. Nanananda)

“I hope, Anuruddha, that you are all living in concord, with mutual appreciation, without disputing, blending like milk and water, viewing each other with kindly eyes.” (MN 31)

---The trouble is that you think you have time------Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe------It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---

Persevere with the audio ......I'd be interested to hear what you think.

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Excellent Chris...he makes what could be obscure very clear and accessible, he is particularly good on the problems that come when nama and rupa are translated as "body and mind" thus giving rise to a major misunderstanding of the Buddhas teaching...as he says..." there is no mind and no matter, there are just sense impressions " which is the Royal Way through the minefield which is the Cartesian Split.

Enormous amount of food for thought...in the context of our tendency to reify processes he says" Citta as a unitary term is nothing more than a convenient collective noun to comprehend a wide and complex nexus of mental states in flux"...

Maybe something in A Buddhist Perspective of Modern Psychotherapy & Evolution of Consciousness - By Ven. Dr. Madawela Punnaji

’The method of entering a state of tranquillity of the mind through meditation was known to the Indian yogis even before the Buddha. There were eight deep levels of tranquillity that the yogis had reached during the time of the Buddha. The Buddha went only one step further and temporarily stopped all activities of the mind by entering a state of quiescence which was similar to hibernation. This state was called sañña vedayita nirodha, which means, “cessation of sensation and feeling.” It was when rising from this state that the Buddha “awakened from the dream of existence.” ‘http://www.scribd.com/doc/37277629/A-Bu ... chotherapy

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I'm not sure that that such a long article is particularly relevant to the OP - so I wouldn't worry too much if you can't access it.

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---The trouble is that you think you have time------Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe------It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---

Forgive my ignorance, but I tried to download this, and can only do so if I agree to all sorts of Facebook shennanagins (permissions etc.). Is this the only way?Thank-you.

I have a scribd account and downloaded it. One can download for free at scribd.com if one uploads something in return.If you don't like to get an account at scribd I can send you the pdf via e-mail, you can tell me via pm if you like.